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not everyone may be as unfortunate as you as to recive 20 of those a day and might quite easily make the misstake of clicking on the link if they recive such a letter for the very first time..

Thanks for the heads up Al13ns.

common sense should tell you not to click on any links send to you by email. be it from your bank, your phone company, paypal, ebay, whomever. you get warned about those phising emails on a daily basis, be it through television or on the net.

These scams are not old news to everyone out there yet. I know people who are not computer savvy enough to realize the difference. Just because I know the difference doesn't mean I assume everyone does. Even if one person reading the post learns something they didn't know before that makes it worth while in my opinion. The more people know about these scammers the less success the scammers will have and then maybe the &%$%&^! will go away.

wow daily? i know about those scam emails, but this' the first time i receive the paypal scam...so i'll just keep it...wonder if i go there and fill-in the fake account id and password, maybe they'll just accept it.
anyway, i just share what i got...

I had this happen to me about a year and half ago, and also posted the same warning, but as was stated before, If you're not sure about the source go to the site and check your inbox. I never trust anyone contacting me at my personnel addy when they claim to come from a company website. C

wow daily? i know about those scam emails, but this' the first time i receive the paypal scam...so i'll just keep it...wonder if i go there and fill-in the fake account id and password, maybe they'll just accept it.
anyway, i just share what i got...

It can be deceptive for sure. They can use your correct full name, or other info that is gathered from spyware.

Do go anywhere in the email, just delete it. You can get a virus, from just clicking a link. Even if you just click a link to look at it, and then close it, it can infect your computer. Never click on a link, never download an attachment.

If you ever get a "pop-up" and there is a "yes" button or a "cancel" button. Don't click it, click the x in the right top corner or go down to the botton of your screen, right click on the toolbar, and then hit "close"

Always view the headers on suspicious emails. You can compare them to a known good email from paypal. If any doubt, forward to spoof@paypal.com, this goes to paypal. Just simply ask if its a legit email, they usually get back within a day or 2. I have also gotten a lot of these, claiming to be from ebay. Once again, just forward to spoof@ebay.com Oh, and on those popups, I have seen the x in the corner be a trigger for a virus as well. Right click and close in the taskbar is the safest way to go.

It is a wicked "world wide web" indeed. Another tip is when you go to paypal, make sure that there is an "s" behind the http
the address link should always read https://www.paypal.com/

As far as scams that we all should already know about, there is always something new to someone. There are plenty of people worldwide still being scammed. It is easy to be deceived at times. There are many factors involved.

wow daily? i know about those scam emails, but this' the first time i receive the paypal scam...so i'll just keep it...wonder if i go there and fill-in the fake account id and password, maybe they'll just accept it.
anyway, i just share what i got...

dont answer it at all, even with fake info. never reply to them at all either.... they'll just sell your email as one that works and you'll start getting similar emails from all kinds of things like ebay, large banks, etc.

on the topic of that though, there is a website where people respond using hotmail/gmail accounts they make specifically for screwing with "Nigerian Scam" type emails lol. Fun stuff.

and I have to agree, there is no reason what so ever to be a jerk to someone, volker, who was just trying to help other people not fall for something. There are young people who visit this site who may have never heard of phishing or are just too trusting, and now maybe they learned something. As thumper from Bambi said.. if you cant say nothin' nice, don't say nothin at all.

dont answer it at all, even with fake info. never reply to them at all either.... they'll just sell your email as one that works and you'll start getting similar emails from all kinds of things like ebay, large banks, etc.

on the topic of that though, there is a website where people respond using hotmail/gmail accounts they make specifically for screwing with "Nigerian Scam" type emails lol. Fun stuff.

and I have to agree, there is no reason what so ever to be a jerk to someone, volker, who was just trying to help other people not fall for something. There are young people who visit this site who may have never heard of phishing or are just too trusting, and now maybe they learned something. As thumper from Bambi said.. if you cant say nothin' nice, don't say nothin at all.